Sports   (Talk about balls here.)

You are right, it probably won't happen but it is incorrect to suggest that he us using City to get a better deal at Barca on two points.

1) He hasn't used City as City haven't given any indication that they want him at all and his father said that he hasn't spoken to City about a possible transfer. This has all been claimed through twitter and social media.

2) He is probably using his exit from Barca (irrespective as of where he wanted to go to) as leverage to get rid of Bartomeu and the current board not a new deal.

Either way, the worldwide publicity City have enjoyed by being linked with him is great news for City and their profile in world football, whether he comes or not.